Glowing corals that display a surprising array of colours have been discovered in the deep water reefs of the Red Sea by scientists from the University of…
Researchers from the German Leibniz Institute for Age Research in Jena and the Dutch Ageing Institute ERIBA in Groningen discovered a mechanism how mTORC1…
The nucleus is the control center of the cell. Well protected by a double membrane, the DNA, our genetic material, is located within the nucleus. But it is not…
Think of an object made of iron: An I-beam, a car frame, a nail. Now imagine that half of the iron in that object owes its existence to bacteria living two and…
An active exchange takes place between the cell nucleus and the cytoplasm: Molecules are transported into the nucleus or from the nucleus into the cytoplasm….
The brain’s smallest blood vessels differ from those in other organs in that the capillary walls are much more compact. The nerve cells in the brain get the…
If things go according to Metin Sitti, director of the Physical Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, with…
A team of scientists including PhD student Friedrich Schuler from the Laboratory of MEMS Applications at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) of…
The scientists working with Dr. Ronan Fleming of the LCSB research group Systems Biochemistry are confident this system could greatly facilitate the continuing…
In the study, researchers investigated the telomere lengths and population genetics of a starfish, Coscinasterias tenuispina. The telomeres are located at the…
Detection of TB pathogens and the precise determination of antibiotic resistance was, until now, only done with culture procedures. This method requires up to…
The nanowires respond to an electromagnetic field generated by a separate device, which can be used to control the release of a preloaded drug. The system…
Parasitic worms are a major problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. In tropical regions, for example, several million people are suffering from…
One of the deep problems in understanding the brain is to understand how relatively simple computing units (the neurons), collectively perform extremely…
The team of researchers led by Dr. Nataša Anastasov, head of the research group ‘Personalized Radiation Therapy’ at the Institute of Radiation Biology, created…
Many tiny protein pores are found in the outer membrane of the pertussis pathogen, the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Through these pores, the pathogen…
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